The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution, and Labor Management (Cambridge Modern China Series)

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 11
List of Acronyms......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
1 Introduction......Page 21
EXPLAINING FACTORY INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA......Page 26
POLITICAL REGIMES AND WORKPLACE REGIMES IN CHINA......Page 33
THE EMPIRICAL APPROACH......Page 38
2 Labor Management and Its Opponents, 1927–1937......Page 43
THE MODERNIZATION OF LABOR MANAGEMENT......Page 46
Shipbuilding and Textiles......Page 48
Shanghai and Guangzhou......Page 49
Guilds and Apprentices......Page 51
Gangs and Contractors......Page 53
NATIONALIST LABOR POLICY AND ENTERPRISE CASES......Page 56
The Jiangnan Shipyard......Page 58
The Shenxin Corporation......Page 66
Provincial Government and Industrial Development in Guangzhou......Page 70
Envisioning an Industrial Future......Page 77
3 Welfare and Wages in Wartime......Page 80
WARTIME LABOR POLICY......Page 82
ENTERPRISE WELFARE PROVISION IN POSTWAR CHINA......Page 86
Guangdong Textile Mill......Page 89
Huangpu Naval Shipyard......Page 94
Jiangnan Shipyard......Page 96
Private Enterprises in Shanghai......Page 102
Labor Politics in Shanghai’s Cotton Mills......Page 105
4 Takeover Policies and Labor Politics, 1949–1952......Page 112
CITY AND FACTORY TAKEOVERS......Page 113
The Takeover of Shanghai......Page 117
The Takeover of Guangzhou......Page 126
THE FAILURE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION......Page 130
FACTORY CAMPAIGNS, 1951–1952......Page 134
The Campaigns in Shanghai......Page 137
The Campaigns in Guangzhou......Page 141
Unintended Consequences of the Campaigns......Page 145
5 Adjusting to the Command Economy......Page 152
ENTERPRISE WELFARE......Page 158
WAGES......Page 163
WAGE ADJUSTMENTS......Page 168
INCENTIVE BONUSES......Page 171
LABOR ALLOCATION......Page 175
PARTY-GOVERNMENT RIVALRY......Page 179
LABOR COMPETITIONS......Page 181
6 Enterprise Perspectives on the Command Economy......Page 184
JIANGNAN SHIPYARD......Page 185
Wages......Page 187
Production Bonuses......Page 190
Enterprise Welfare......Page 191
Labor Allocation......Page 192
Campaigns......Page 193
SHENXIN NUMBER SIX MILL......Page 195
Campaigns......Page 197
Wages......Page 198
Enterprise Welfare......Page 201
HUANGPU NAVAL SHIPYARD......Page 203
Wages......Page 204
Enterprise Welfare......Page 206
Campaigns......Page 207
GUANGDONG TEXTILE MILL......Page 209
Wages......Page 210
Labor Allocation......Page 211
Enterprise Welfare......Page 212
Campaigns and Labor Competitions......Page 213
COMMAND ECONOMICS, LOCAL CONTROLS......Page 214
7 The Rise of  “Party Committee Factories”......Page 216
STRIKE WAVES, RECTIFICATION, AND DECENTRALIZATION......Page 217
Rectification......Page 219
Decentralization......Page 221
Labor Allocation......Page 225
Enterprise Welfare......Page 230
Wages and Bonuses......Page 232
RE-(DE)CENTRALIZATION AFTER THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD......Page 235
Labor Allocation......Page 237
Enterprise Welfare......Page 240
Wages and Bonuses......Page 243
Intensifying Corruption......Page 245
The Cultural Revolution and Decentralization......Page 250
8 Conclusion......Page 254
CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE......Page 261
CRISES AND FACTORY INSTITUTIONS......Page 263
BUILDING WORKPLACE INSTITUTIONS: TAIWAN IN THE 1950S......Page 266
EPILOGUE: OLD FACTORIES, NEW INSTITUTIONS......Page 270
TAIPEI......Page 279
Bibliography......Page 280
Index......Page 293